15 years ago we celebrated the 25th anniversary
of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society
with a reading by the past presidents.
They are all in this photo, except for Mr. Tokutomi,
and Edwin Falkowski, who were no longer with us,
Now the two on the edges of this photo are also gone:
Mr. Yamagata, who died this year and Mrs. Tokutomi,
who has been gone a long time.
The rest of these people read today at the Teahouse
in the Japanese Friendship Garden, but neither
Dave Wright (white beard) nor June Hymas (green blouse)
was able to attend. Other long-time members read for them.
And Deborah Kolodji put the photos on Facebook as the reading
progressed. I hope to get these photos from her for use here.
Also reading today were president Alison Woolpert and
past-president Carol Steele.
And so we go on!
each new grain of rice
seems to stand with the others
in the straw bag
Teruo Yamagata
Scattered Acorns; YTHS Member's Anthology 2014, page 46.
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